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Enrollment
646
High
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OGDENSBURG CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362166004325
OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY
1100 STATE ST, OGDENSBURG, NY 13669 · (315) 393-0900 · St. Lawrence County
GRADES 07–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL646 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of New York public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
297 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 112 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 17 | 3% |
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Based on grade levels within OGDENSBURG CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
59.2%
NY avg 58.3% . -37.8pp since 2023
Math
66.1%
NY avg 57.4% . -19.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 38 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 20 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.2% | 66.1% |
| 2023-24 | 97.0% | 86.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY
OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY's state test result (62.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY this school | 646 | 46.0% | 62.2% |
| WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL WELLSVILLE | 624 | 44.4% | 48.5% |
| PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL YORKSHIRE | 636 | 46.9% | 81.7% |
| FRANKLIN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL MALONE | 705 | 45.1% | 56.7% |
| CAMDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CAMDEN | 630 | 45.9% | 71.7% |
| MEXICO HIGH SCHOOL MEXICO | 619 | 47.3% | 59.3% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In St. Lawrence County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #497 of 1,135 | #5 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #323 of 1,109 ▼ 184 | #4 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #799 of 1,135 ▼ 729 | #8 of 11 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 646 | #398 of 1,216 | #2 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #231 of 1,058 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.7% | #1,062 of 1,070 | #9 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.0% | #754 of 1,167 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #528 of 743 | #8 of 9 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
646
-80 (-11%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 509
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 12.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 646 | 67.5 | 9.6:1 | 46% (297) |
| 2023-24 | 675 | 64.6 | 10.4:1 | 44% (300) |
| 2022-23 | 714 | 67.4 | 10.6:1 | 58% (414) |
| 2020-21 | 726 | 57 | 12.7:1 | 53% (385) |
| 2017-18 | 698 | 57 | 12.2:1 | 54% (379) |
| 2015-16 | 643 | 55 | 11.7:1 | 58% (370) |
| 2010-11 | 807 | 69 | 11.7:1 | 46% (369) |
| 2000-01 | 670 | 49 | 13.7:1 | 30% (203) |
| 1990-91 | 509 | 49 | 10.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY.
About OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY
Students in OGDENSBURG, New York, attend OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY, a mid-sized high school. The school has 646 students in 2024-25 across grades 7 through 12.
OGDENSBURG CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT has 1,354 students spread across 3 schools.
At OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY, 98% of students are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY scores 4%.
Its staff includes 67.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 9.6 students per teacher. Compared with the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York, this school's ratio is lower. Roughly 46% of students at OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in St. Lawrence County is close, at 45%.
OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 52% of New York public high schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY is 4.2 points above its prediction. Actual: 62.2%. Predicted: 58.1%.
In St. Lawrence County, home to about 107,226 people, median household income comes to about $62,850, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. St. Lawrence County's 40 public schools enroll about 13,653 students and include OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY.
Measured in a straight line, JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL is about 0.7 miles from OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY. Around the school, 3 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Remote: the school is in a town far from an urbanized area.
An 11% decline took enrollment from 726 in 2020-21 to 646 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 12.7:1 to 9.6:1.
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St. Lawrence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
107,226
Census ACS
Median income
$62,850
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
13,653 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OGDENSBURG CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOLElementary · 431 students
- MADILL SCHOOLElementary · 277 students
Other schools in OGDENSBURG
- JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOLElementary · 431 students
- MADILL SCHOOLElementary · 277 students
- SAINT LAWRENCE PSYCHIATRIC CENTER CHILDREN & YOUTH SERVICESHigh · 20 students
Nearby schools
- JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 431
- MADILL SCHOOL0.9 mi · 277
- SAINT LAWRENCE PSYCHIATRIC CENTER CHILDREN & YOUTH SERVICES3.4 mi · 20
- HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL5.9 mi · 510
- LISBON CENTRAL SCHOOL8.3 mi · 540
- MORRISTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL10.6 mi · 307
Frequently asked questions
About OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY?
OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY enrolls approximately 646 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY serve?
OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY serves grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY?
Approximately 9.6:1 students per teacher at OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY.
How diverse is OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY?
OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY reports a student body of 98% White, 0% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY in?
OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY is part of OGDENSBURG CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.